TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders have authorized a record $900 million in temporary borrowing to cover the state’s expenses through June 2017. Brownback and the leaders met Wednesday as the State Finance Council and voted 8-1 to loan the state’s main bank account the money from other, idle funds. It’s a move the state has used repeatedly to cover bills when cash is projected to be tight. The vote was 8-1. The only dissenting vote came from Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican. The vote came after Budget Director Shawn Sullivan said the state likely would have…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is planning to use provisional ballots during the upcoming elections and then throw out all of the votes for state and local races cast by the thousands of voters who register to vote at motor vehicle offices without providing proof of citizenship. An email sent Wednesday from Kobach’s office to county election officials outlines the state’s proposed plans for implementing a two-tiered election system in the wake of a federal court order requiring Kansas to allow these voters to cast ballots at least in the federal races. Kobach plans to use…
Academy Sports + Outdoors will open a 63,000 square foot retail location in Manhattan. The retailer announced in a press release Wednesday that the new store will be located on Poyntz Ave. and Sarber Ln. The store is scheduled to open next year and Academy hopes to bring 100 jobs to Manhattan. Academy Sports and Outdoors sells a variety of sporting and outdoor lifestyle equipment including licensed team apparel, barbecue grills and hunting and fishing equipment.
Via Christi Hospital announced Wednesday that the new patient entrance will open up on the 30th. The new entrance was constructed as part of the Hospital’s ongoing renovation project. Patients can access an admissions desk and new waiting room. The new entrance will also feature additional short-term admissions and handicapped parking spots.
Status hearings were held Tuesday in Riley County Court for four defendants arrested in connection with the distribution of methamphetamine and other illegal substances earlier this month in the 100 block of Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan. Raymond Wood, 25, and Ciara Carroll, 21, both of Wamego and Cory Kulhman, 22, and Hallie Vardys, 22, both of Topeka had status conferences Tuesday, with a July 26 hearing set for Wood and Carroll and a July 19 date set for Kuhlman. The four were arrested following a joint investigation involving Riley, Geary, Pottawatomie, and Wamego law enforcement agencies. During the operation,…
Fieldhouse Development owner Zachary Burton made his first appearance in Riley County District Court Wednesday afternoon on four counts of unlawful sexual relations with a female student. The 38-year-old Burton was an assistant boys’ basketball coach and substitute teacher with Riley County’s USD 378 and faces the felony charges which list four different counts during slightly different time frames– all four beginning December 1, 2015 but each with different ending dates of December 31, 2015, January 31, 2016, March 31, 2016, and May 9, 2016. Burton’s last day as a substitute teacher was May 9. Burton’s next court date was…
KMAN’s first guest was Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384 Supt. Brady Burton: KMAN’s second guest was Symphony in the Flint Hills Executive Director Christy Davis: KMAN’s final guest was Jim Foster, Secretary of Manhattan Area Amateur Radio Society (MAARS).
The address of a medical response early Tuesday reportedly involving a woman trampled by cattle has been released… as 11,970 Baldwin Park Branch, owned by Terry and Barbara Zimmerman. However KMAN has not been able to confirm the identity of the woman trampled who was sent by Lifestar to Topeka. Riley County EMS Director Larry Couchman indicates it was a female patient in her 40’s transported based on the mechanism of her injuries. Couchman adds she was in stable condition with orthopedic related injuries. As KMAN earlier reported, at approximately 7:50 a.m. Tuesday Riley County Police Dispatch received a call regarding an adult female with injuries as a result…
A Topeka man was taken into custody Tuesday Morning on failure to appear charges. Officers with the Riley County Police Department arrested Rey Martinez, 39. Martinez was at the Riley County Police Department at the time of this arrest on the offense of failure to appear (x2) which was listed on two warrants with original offenses of driving while cancelled, suspended, or revoked. He was given “no bond” and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Law enforcement in Riley County filed a report for the offense of sexual battery in Manhattan on Tuesday…
The Wamego City Commission held a special recognition for a retiring firefighter. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page read the proclamation in recognition of Firefighter Darrin Stewart for his 25 years of exemplary service as a Volunteer Firefighter. Mayor Cliff Baughman made the presentation to Stewart, who is retiring from the City’s Fire Department. In addition, Fire Chief Phil Stultz presented Stewart with a Commemorative Bell as a gift representing and acknowledging the accomplishments and contributions he made to the community and the Wamego Fire Department. Stultz added that Stewart’s dedicated hard work has contributed to the growth of…